At the national level, our analysis points toward trends of fishing intensification and decline in targeted species, and it highlights the significant impact of small-scale fisheries on marine stocks. We draw on case study research in Mozambique that combines national landings statistics and career history interviews with fish harvesters to generate a multi-scale historical reconstruction that describes social-ecological interactions within the coastal Mozambican fishery. Moreover, in the case of many small-scale fisheries, landings statistics are often incomplete and/or inaccurate. For example, a narrow focus on aggregate landings statistics can mask processes and trends occurring at local scales, as well as the complex social changes that result from and precipitate marine ecosystem change. Fisheries landings data are often the primary source for historical reconstructions of fisheries however, we argue that reliance on data of a single type and/or from a single scale can lead to potentially misleading conclusions. Historical data describing changing social-ecological interactions in marine systems can help guide small-scale fisheries management efforts.

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